Ultraphonix

Original Human Music

Ear Music ✪✪✪✪✪

George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob and solo guitarist) and Corey Glover (Living Color vocalist) have formed a new band. We never saw it coming but the results are dynamic;

Lynch terms the collaboration ‘like a fusion of early Chili Peppers meets King Crimson meets Judas Priest’. What’s interesting is that Corey’s soulful vocals - often the smoothest entry into Living Color’s funk metal songs - are enhanced in fresh ways here; sure there are rock burners (Lynch is full-on for Walk Run Crawl) but there are tracks on this 12-track CD that travel new pathways. One such song is Another Day where the guitar work is non typical; mid-tempo clean Strat chords, bluesy phrases, lovely rolling rasquedo-esque strumming and a solo that mixes bluesy licks with cascading legato flurries. A prominent facet of the album is its grooves; Counter Culture has a real funk swagger and brims with great guitar work while Take A Stand is the most head-bobbing song here with dark intervals (a Lynch trademark) bubbling among his funk syncopations. If you think you know what this album might sound like think again. Most infectious!